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LOADING DEVICE.

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A. P. LEE.

LOADING DEVICE.

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LOADING DEVICE.

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ALBERT P. LEE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 LEE LOADERV &, BODY CQ., OF

g sniong CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

' LOADING DEVICE.

" Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1; 1918.

It all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ALBERT P. LEE, a cit zen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Loading Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to loading devices and in many of its features is of particular use on a'self-propelled vehicle. My invention of course has various uses and certain parts of the completed machine may be omitted or may have their uses independently of the entire device. This however will be readily dcducible from my description herein specifically of a self-propelled loading or conveying truck, the particular device illustrated herein embodying all of the various features of my invention in some particular form in which they may be specifically carried out.

In the specific form which I am going to describe in detail herein, I have a self-propelled truck which is provided with a platform that can be raised or lowered. Upon this platform is a hopper for receiving material. to be either loaded or unloaded or conveyed from place to place. The raising and lowering of the platform permits the hopper to be placed in position whereby it can most readily receive or discharge its lead. The hopper is of the re ling variety so as to be able to dump or discharge the load to either side of the vehicle. or truck; the hopper is mounted upon rails and these rails are carried by the movable framework. These rails may then be tilted to one .side or the other to cause the hopper to roll to the opposite side to discharge the load. The truck."

may be provided for instance with a gasolene engine as motive power for propelling the truck, which engine may also'serve to raise and lower the platform. It of course might serve .to tilt the track,'but I can do this simply by hand and I thus show it herein as being done by hand.

The truck is further provided with a novel kind of'loading bucket which has a more or less universal mounting so that it. can be directed into the material that is to be thrown into the hopper; may then be properly-moved in such a way as to take on a charge, and then may be properly moved to deposit this charge into the hopper. The

"movements of the loading bucket are also preferably caused by the prime mover which as stated in this case may be an internal combustion engine. Manual means are also rovided to restore the hopper from its dumping position to its central position.

' I will describe the before mentioned particular form of carrying out my invention more in detail by referring to the accompanying drawings illustratingthis form, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of atruck constructed in accordance with my invention, with a portion of the hood removed more clearly to reveal details; 4

Fig. 2 is a top view of the truck shown in Fig. 1; I

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the platform in its alternative posi. ion;

. Fig. it is an end view of the truck with the hopper in its dumping position and with the platform in its raised position;

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the track tilting mechanism Fig. 6 is a sectional view along line aw of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 is a sectional viewon line b-b ofi Fig. 1; i

Fig. 8 is a somewhat diagrammatic p'e'rspective view of the control features of the Fig. 11 is a fragmentary sectional view along line (Z of Fig. 1;

Fig. 12 is a sectional view on line ff of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 13 is a fragmentary sectional top view along line 0 of Fig. 1. I

My improved truck consists of a framework. the basic portion of which comprises the channelsl, 1, whichcarry the front or steering wheels 2, 2, and the drive wheels 3, 3. An engine t is used for driving and for other purposes as will presently'appear. A platform 5 which may be raised and lowered includes channels 6, 6 as more clearly apparent from Fig. 7. These channels at their extremities are held together by crosspieces 7, 7 which have lugs 8, 8, that act as rear of veliiel, V .llilQfi when it moves rig". 1 to tile position o eorrles L A 8 s more clearly appereiit fi'om Jig; Y being pivots/11y mounted upon shafts 3 mounted in brackets 16. The rails thus 11 o tilt from the central position shown in 'Z to the clotted position shown in Fig" 7 or l Hills ll to a reverse position ShOllld it be desired to mils clockwise instead of controroils are further provide or opposite extremities with rollers 17 is 19 0231'1ll in bearnoun ievl noon the framework are with coins ill. which rs and are o amm is r e dowmi'aro this shaft-24 i; suitably rotatec 2* wheels "Toe howl Wheel which oamies e e 1in bevel e J m y f. The r ls tlieii extremi 31) provioec 3 to permit complete Iota tion 01 u e h pper when it reaches its limiting rolling position bllfiflIll more clearly in Fig The hop is? is i'lClCl in its centre pose tion by limit chains 31, which limit olioins Doss about sheaves These sheaves on the opposite sioes of the hopper are 33,

mounted respectively uponshafts 38 wliioli shafts are pl'OiflQll with ratohets 3%, and Wliioli shmfts likewise have hand Wheels mounted to a stolieo. engaging their 'l'ionaiy member W operating rel elet 3i prevent rotation of the shaft 33 in a way tending toonwmd the chains 31.' Thus l the hopper is to be i (lumped, the rails are first tilted and there i lier depending upon the direction of mils i l In OITlGF to restore the its central position it is then neeesqez' operate the propei: lionci vlieel 35 to wind up ilie Qfi-IIESXJOHQllKlg CllS-dll 31 and place the corresponding pawl so its pivot ll.

engagement with its corresponcl'zig ratchet. It is oi course preferable to t1 t the rails ooi'ore the hopper receives its charge CilillIlS 3 1 holding the hopper in its central position.

The general operation of the movements of the hopper as to its movement from olio rge receiving to its discharge position, and 'tlie movements of the platform as it is raised. or lowered will thus be clear. The (lumping features of the hopper as stated controlled preferably by hand, and the iraising encl lowering features of the platform through "the ii' termediotion of the rope by the engine Will be presently de scribed.

The structure further includes as before stated means whereby the material may be transferred from a storage pile directly into the hopper 13 to be thereafter dumped into 2, Waiting automobile or transferred in this some truck to be dumped at: some other point The loading means include the loadi1 bucket 33" which is mounted fixedly upon the shaft carried in the bearings 39. These bearings 39 form of arms ll? which eolleotively {eighth-e ealle a boom. These arms 1 ss'more clearly apparent "from Fig. 8 being oivotsll mounted upon it shaft e1 carried by cross pieces 42 pro- "ieled in theupriglits e3 which are fixedly soured to and form parts of the roisoble iioo n can be swung up and lGWEI around This may be accomplished through the agency of the ropes 24: which pass upwardly over sheaves 45 carried by arms 48 mounted on top of tie uprights 43.

letfoml. It will thus be seen that the This rope -l=+l then passes over av drum l? fastened to the'slmft 48, which shaft is operated by the engine as will presently appear.

shaft 38 upon which the bucket 37 is mounted is likewise faxed to sheaves l9, which sheaves are in association with ropes 50 so that as these ropes are moved to and fIOlZl'iG sheaves are rotated thus to retate tlie bucket 87. The ropes 50 are kept in alinement and properly guided by rollers 51 and 52 as is room clearly apparent "from Figs. 2 and 6. The ropes 50 then as around she YES 53 pivotally moxinte in eross'pieces 42 and then pass around-drivi'ng sheaves 55. The sheaves 55 are fixedly seci'uiecl to a shaft carrying the bevel ear 56, which bevel gear meshes with e componion gee? 57. This companion bevel gear 57 is sliclable longitudinally'upon a.- squai e shaft 58, and' this square shaft 58' carries at its lowerextremitye worm wheel 59'suitably driven by a Worm 60 (Fi 9), which worm Wheel is associated with a bevel gear 61 engaging companion bevel gears '52 and 63 loosely mounted upon the shaft 64:;- The bevel gears 63, 62 are alternately atlopterl for engagement tlzeooghtheir clutch elements I agseigveo 67spjl'ined to the shaft 64: so that depending -'-upon which of the clutch elements 65 or 66 'is'in'engagement with the clutch element 67 -=the shaft 58 may be rotated in either one direction of rotation or in-the opposite direction of rotation.

be said that the boom is raised and the bucket is'then brought down on top of the material to be loaded, whereupon the rope -50 is actuated to rotate the bucket 37 clockwise, for instance, (Fig. 6), thus to take on a load. Thereupon the boom 10 is raised until the bucket is over the hopper 13, whereupon the rope 50 is actuated to rotate the bucket 37 contraclockwise to discharge its load into the hopper.

In this way a pile of rough material can very quickly be loaded into the hopper practicall-y automatically.

1 The various featuresthus far described have set forth the operations'of thevarious elements of the structure, the description having been carried up to the point where the actual driving of the driven elements is efiected. Thus the shaft d8 (Fig. 6) controls the raising and lowering of the boom; the shaft 64 controls the rotation of the loading bucket and the shaft 68 drives the elevating drums 12, which drums '12 misc and wer the framework. The interconnections xtween the shaft 68 and the drums 12- can be traced from the shaft'68 which shaft "carries the worms 69 which drive the worm "wheels 70 mounted upon the shafts 71, which carry the drums 12. The shaft 68 has a gear 72; meshing with a gear wheel 73, which is fixed to the main drive shaft 6%. This gear wheel 72 is loose on the shaft 68, but can be connected therewith through the agency of the clutch 74 operated by the link 7 5 as will "presently appear. The gear wheel 73 which is fastened to the shaft 64: drives a second gear-wheel 7 6 which in turn drives a third gear wheel 77. This gear wheel 77 is loose on the shaft 78 but can be connected therewith through the interposition of the clutch element 79 controlled by the lever 80 to thereby drive the shaft 78 which carries the Worm 81. This worm 81 meshes with the worm wheel 82 upon the axle 83 to drivethe rear wheels 3, 8. Thus drive shaft 64 may be connected up to drive either the shaft 68 or the shaft 7 8 as desired.

.The clutch mechanism 67 is controlled by the arm 84 which is operated by the link 85. Now the shaft 48 which controls the raising "and lowering of theboom extends forwardly as shown more clearly in Figs. 12 and 18, where it is provided with a worm 86 mesh ing with a worm wheel 87, which worm wheel carries a bevel gear 88 meshing with the lopse bevl gears 89 and 90. These loose bevel gears may be either one of them conthe interpositionof the clutch mechanism 91,

which clutch mechanism is controlled by the link 92.

Referring now'particularly to Fig. 8, :it

will be seen that the clutch mechanism 91 I controls the raising and lowering of the In the operation of the bucket 37 it may boom. The clutch member 67 controls .the

the raising and the lowering of the platform. All of these various clutches are controlled from the front operating floor 93 (Fig. 2) of the vehicle. When the vehicle-is being-driven the driver occupies the seat 94,

but when the vehicle is standing stationary and the device-is being operated for loading purposes, the operator occupies the seat 95 The steering Wheel 96 of course controls the positionof the front wheels 2 asis customary. Foot pedals 97 and 98 are provided operable from either seat to control the main shaft clutch 99. This clutch 99 is operated by a shaft 100 leading through variouslin-ks and bell crank levers directly to the foot levers 97 and 98 as shown in Fig. 8. The

engine shaft 101 by means of a chain 102,

drives the shaft 103 leadingto the transmission box 10 1 and also drives the chain 105,

which transmits the power to the main drive shaft 64.

It will be noted of course that the clutch members 91, 67, 7 9, and 74 when thrown in will drive the various devices driven thereby 1n the direction of rotation controlled from the transmission box 104, and the rotation may of course be in either direction as may be desired to drive the various elements from one to their alternative position or vice versa. trolled by the lever 106 in proximity'to the seat 95 through the interposition of the The clutch mechanism. 91 is conshaft 107, link 108,- bell crank lever 109,

and link 110. The clutch mechanism 671s controlled from the lever 111 through the interposition of the bell crank lever 112, link 113, bell crank lever 114, and, link 11,5. The clutch 116 leading to the transmission box is controlled by the link 117, link 118, hell crank lever 119, bell crank lever 120,10

the lever 121. The clutches 74; and 79' are controlled by the lever 122 through" the interposition of bell crank lever 123,

bell eranklever-121, bell crank Lover 125,

Thus it will be seen that all of thecontrolling funcand bell crank lever 126.

tions can be carried on from the drivers position 93. 'The'loot levers 97 and 98 control the main clutch from the engine to con- .nect it with the transmission, and the lever 122' by controlling the transmission changes the speed of operation of the main drive shaft 64 and also controls its direction of rotation. The lever 111 controls the rotation of by said framework ihe bucket end lever 166 controls the raising and iowering of. the bucket boom. The iever 122 controls the propeiling clutch 79 of the vehicle and also the raising and lowering clutch Wider the platform 5..

By the term dumping hopper as used in ihe claims mes-nv e. hopper which itself is bodily movable to dump or discharge iis contents.

From what has been seated she nature of my invention will be entire} j ciear to those skiiied in the art. it willv also be readily epperen's that what is described here for iiiustrsiive, purposes is not intended to limit the broader nature of the invention.

Having however rhus described one form in which my invention. may be carried out, what I. .cisirc as new and desire to secure by Letiers Paieneis:

l. in a device of the character described thecoinbinstion with a rolling hopper, s framework for said hopper on which said 1 I L I, n 1 hopper 1S edepned io roil to eicher side or its centra position,u loading bucket adopted to scoop deposit material in said hopper framework for said hopper on which said hopper is cdopfied to roll to eiz'iher side of its central position, a loading bucket carried on swinging arms piv- 'o'ted to said framework at opposiie ends of said hopper, menus for moving said bucket .rf'rom a charge receiving position to a. charge delivering position over the hopper, means for rotating said bucket to scoop and take on a charge, and means for raising and lowering said framework.

3. In a device of the character described the combination ith a rolling hopper, a framework for said hopper on which said hopper is sdspied co roll so either side of its central position, a loading bucket adopted to scoop and deposit maierinl in said hopper carried by said framework on swinging arms pivoted to said framework at opposite ends of said hopper, means to operate said bucket, a runway on said framework for said hopper, and means for tilting said runway.

4C. In a device of the clmracterdescribed the combination with a rolling hopper, of a framework for said hopper on which said c. J; adopted to .to ei sf'. of? is; central position, 9. ioeding bucket carried by said framework on swinging arms pivoted to said framework at oppositeends of said hopper, means for moving said bucket from a. charge receiving position to 2. charge delivering position over the hopper, means for rotating said bucket. to take on a charge, a runway on said framework for said hopper, sndmesns for tilting said runway.

5. In s device of the character described the combination with a rolling hopper, a framework for said hopper on which said hopper is adapted to roll to either side of of its central position, s ioading bucket adapted to scoop and deposit material in said hopper carried by said framework on swinging arms pivoted to said framework at opposite ends of said hopper, means to operate said bucket, means for raising and lowering said framework, a runway on said framework for said hopper, and means for tilting said runway.

6. In a device of the character described the combination with a rolling hopper, of a. framework for said hopper on which said hopper is adapted to roll to either side of its central position, a loading bucket carried by said framework on swinging arms pivoted to said framework at opposite ends of said hopper, means for moving said bucket from a. charge receiving position to :1 charge delivering position over the hopper, cans for roiat'ing said bucket to take on a charge, means for raising and lowering said framework. a runway on said framework for said hopper,-and means for tilting said runway.

7. in a device of the character described the combination with a framework, a rolling hopper bodily movable upon said framework from one side to the other of its centrul position ,to thereby discharge its contents, seid hopper normally occupying a charge receiving position, a loading bucket adapted to deposit material in said hopper carried by said framework on swinging arms pivoted to said framework at opposite ends of said hopper, means for raising and iowcring said framework and means to operate said bucket.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this th day of May, A. D. 1915.

ALBERT P. LEE.

i/Vitnesses HAZEL A: Jones, MAX W. ZABEL. 

